Can we stagger the rim and tire size on a quattro? (larger in the rear)

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10-17-2001, 11:11 AM

PaulTT

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Can we stagger the rim and tire size on a quattro? (larger in the rear)

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10-17-2001, 11:18 AM

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and why do you want to do this?

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10-17-2001, 11:19 AM

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Yes you can.. but wider rear = more understeer and a minor change of driving characteristics of car

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10-17-2001, 11:37 AM

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Wider rear more properly results in less oversteer.

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10-17-2001, 01:08 PM

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Hell yeah you can do this....Wider is better!!! ;-)

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10-17-2001, 01:10 PM

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"Less oversteer" and "more understeer" are very similar sensations to the driver.

If you look at tire slip angles "less u/s" could be more correct, but in a basically understeering car, both by design and by physics, especially at the limit of adhesion, "more u/s" is intuitive, IMO.

Sota like saying that putting 10 lbs. on my 200+ frame makes me less thin. I've never been thin!

My $.02.